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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by wtracy on Thursday June 21, 2012 @04:39PM (#4144077)
If a guaranteed six-figure passive income is not "never worry about money again", I don't know what is.
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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by genwin on Thursday June 21, 2012 @05:37PM (#4144327)
You'd have to worry about inflation. It can quickly turn that six-figure income into a low five-figure income in today's dollars.
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Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) by jaggederest on Friday June 22, 2012 @10:32PM (#4149863)
Suppose someone said that to you in 1975, and you'd put your money into something that didn't adjust for inflation.

You'd be 37 years older and making less than 1/4 of the income, adjusted for inflation.

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